. Narragansett Bay, its historic and romantic associations and picturesque setting . port, if we maybe permitted to borrow terms from the numisma-tologists. To enjoy the most celebrated and noteworthyfeature of modern Newport it is necessary to cross tothe ocean side, where the cliffs, broken, ragged, un-conquered yet, if not in the aeons to come unconquerable, confront the untiring waves of the Atlantic. FromEastons Beach, where the tempered surf rolls in greenand red for the delectation of the unseparated multitude,there is a distant view of unmargined sea, beyondSachuest arid Saconnet. In t
. Narragansett Bay, its historic and romantic associations and picturesque setting . port, if we maybe permitted to borrow terms from the numisma-tologists. To enjoy the most celebrated and noteworthyfeature of modern Newport it is necessary to cross tothe ocean side, where the cliffs, broken, ragged, un-conquered yet, if not in the aeons to come unconquerable, confront the untiring waves of the Atlantic. FromEastons Beach, where the tempered surf rolls in greenand red for the delectation of the unseparated multitude,there is a distant view of unmargined sea, beyondSachuest arid Saconnet. In the centre of the picturestands Cormorant Rock and the breeze that sweeps infrom beyond it is as sparkling and exhilarating as wine,but with never a hint of a headache to follow, and amerry crowd throng the space between the pavilionsand the waters edge. Stretching to the left of this beach there is a rocky shore,terminating in a point where lie the chaotic evidencesof a war of the Titans, but the way to the mansions of theelect lies along the cliffs to the right. As every one 310. Along Shore on Aquidneck 313 has walked upon the Newport Chffs, so ahnost everyone has written about them, yet no one ever has orever will put upon paper a satisfying description of thewild beauty of chasms and grottos, of piled-up boul-ders and storm-beaten headlands, against which the searolls up in threatening billows to break and fall seethingand eddying back, gnashing their white teeth. Our won-der at the majestic natural beauty of this broken rock-wall, and the turbulent waters that smite it ceaselessly,is not lessened by the fact that they are unspoiled,unmarred even, by the utmost efforts of man to groomand furbish the face of nature. The most desirable locality upon the cliffs, is, to mythinking, that bold cape known as Coggeshalls from here the prospect is limitless, butdirectly south it is picturesquely broken by a brace ofsmall islands, not more than a few acres in ext
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